Police Puppy

May 27, 2009

The Spokane Police' puppy program produced Ajax, a German shepherd puppy which will one day be a working police dog. But for now, the two-month-old is happy to make friends and play tug of war with caretaker Jay Kernkamp, a police officer who volunteered to raise the puppy until training starts.

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Faced with a life of police patrols, chasing suspects and drug hunts, the Spokane Police Department’s newest recruit has just one thing to do for the next few months: play. Ajax, a 2-month-old German shepherd, is due for lots of tug-of-war in a newly reinstated police puppy training program after his breeder, Nikolay Lungu, of Pullman, donated him to the department.